Roots – Lucille Clifton
https://intrinsicheart.com/roots/
Photograph – Andrea Gibson (from the book You Better Be Lightning)
https://ohandreagibson.tumblr.com/photograph
Thought – Henry Real Bird
https://bourguignomicon.blogspot.com/2015/12/thought-by-henry-real-bird.html
A Blessing for Presence – John O’Donohue
https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/words-of-wonder/for-presence-john-odonohue/
Haiku – Natural Phi – AK-Adam
https://allpoetry.com/poem/18391990-Haiku-10-9–Natural-Phi–by-AK—Adam
Toward the Infinite – Jane Hirshfield
https://dharmatown.org/category/poems/page/14/
Although the Wind – Izumi Shikibu (translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48700/although-the-wind-
Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain – Li Po (aka Li Bai) (translated by Sam Hamill)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48711/zazen-on-ching-ting-mountain
Excerpt from Anthem – Leonard Cohen
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Leonard-Cohen-4/anthem-live
Love Letter from the Afterlife – Andrea Gibson
https://andreagibson.substack.com/p/love-letter-from-the-afterlife (text and audio recording)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMJg7xbxZXB/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D (Video)
Haiku – Obon Festival – Antia Bacha
https://anitabacha.blog/2023/08/24/obon-festival-haiku-a-poem-by-anita-bacha/
The Quiet World – Jeffrey McDaniel
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49238/the-quiet-world
Keeping Quiet – Pablo Neruda
https://www.awakin.org/v2/read/view.php?tid=2298
For When People Ask – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
https://intrinsicheart.com/for-when-people-ask/
Photograph by Zhang Kaiyv on Unsplash
